Choose CleanMyMac if
- One-click Smart Care that combines clean-up, malware scan, uninstaller and updates
- Its own malware scanning engine
- Cloud Cleanup for cloud storage accounts
- A mature brand with 24/7 support
OneMacTools vs CleanMyMac
CleanMyMac is macPaw's Mac clean-up, optimisation, malware removal and uninstaller suite. OneMacTools is one native Mac app with 138 on-device tools for video, PDFs, images, audio and files, plus Mac Clean Up, Mac Health, Dev & Agents and AI Space. Choose CleanMyMac for one-click Smart Care that combines clean-up, malware scan, uninstaller and updates; choose OneMacTools if you want paid once for less than a year of CleanMyMac, and every tool in the app.
| OneMacTools | CleanMyMac | |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | Native Mac app, 138 tools | Mac cleaner |
| Price | Free download; a licence is $19 once for 1 Mac (launch price $9), or $39, $79 or $99 for 5, 15 or 25 Macs | Subscription ($39.95 a year or $9.95 a month for 1 Mac) or one-time ($119.95 for 1 Mac); 2- and 5-Mac plans (their pricing) |
| Runs on | Mac (macOS 26 or later) | Mac (macOS 11 or later) |
| Your files | Processed on your Mac | On your Mac; Cloud Cleanup connects to your cloud accounts |
| Clean up junk and leftovers | ✓ | ✓ |
| Find duplicate files | ✓ | ✓ |
| Disk space map / storage breakdown | ✓ | ✓ |
| AI apps' disk use (caches, models, chats) | ✓ | Not listed |
| Dev servers and ports | ✓ | Not listed |
| Per-app CPU and memory | ✓ | Partly |
| Battery health | ✓ | ✓ |
| Compress video to a target size | ✓ | — |
| Convert video formats | ✓ | — |
| Convert and compress images (incl. HEIC) | ✓ | Not listed |
| Merge, split and compress PDFs | ✓ | — |
| Make scanned PDFs searchable (OCR) | ✓ | — |
| Redact PDFs | ✓ | — |
| Edit the text inside a PDF | — | — |
| Transcribe audio to text | ✓ | — |
| System stats in the menu bar | ✓ | ✓ |
| AI assistants can use it (MCP) | ✓ | Not listed |
| Works from Finder (Quick Actions) | ✓ | Not listed |
| Shortcuts actions | ✓ | Not listed |
| Works offline, files stay on your Mac | ✓ | Not listed |
Choose OneMacTools if
- Paid once for less than a year of CleanMyMac, and every tool in the app
- Knows developer and AI files: old node_modules, Docker, Claude, Cursor and Ollama data
- Shrink big videos and screenshots instead of deleting them
- Mac Health, history and alerts, plus 138 file tools for video, PDFs, images and audio
How we compared: from CleanMyMac's own website and documentation, checked 14 October 2026. “Not listed” means we couldn't confirm it there, not that it's missing. Prices change; check theirs. Sources: macpaw.com, macpaw.com, macpaw.com. Something out of date? Tell us.
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